At Balance Design, we have some close relationships with some very talented local artists. Adrienne Anbinder, currently a featured artist in our studio spoke with us about creating art during the Pandemic. She shared some of her meditations that she considered as she made her beauties. We find...
By: Stephanie Andrews Art is an integral part of great design, and local art makes a space especially meaningful. Over the years we have featured dozens of local Atlanta artists in our studio gallery in Candler Park, but there's always more we want to share. Here...
by Stephanie Andrews As we begin our focus this month on home love, we wanted to share a local artist that we really admire. As designers, we love to introduce our clients to talented local artists and craftsmen to build their personal collections. We were recently...
We are truly excited to share with our friends, family and community our Fall Open house. This event is next Friday, November 15th from 7-9 pm. We hope that you will be able to join us for art from award winning artist, Penny Treese, our...
By: The Balance Design Team When viewing art, it can sometimes be easy to see how one movement influences the next. But what about across mediums? Does sculpture influence graphic design? Does painting influence woodworking? Yes, yes, and more yes. As designers, we draw inspiration not...
By: Danielle Clockel A female pioneer of the somewhat male-dominated abstract expressionist movement of the '50s and '60s, Helen Frankenthaler's color field paintings often look like fluid watercolors. In actuality, they are oil or acrylic paint diluted with turpentine. This "soak stain" technique creates ethereal yet...
We're celebrating two local women artists at our spring/summer open house tonight! Jeni Stallings-Scialabba and Courtney Khail are classically trained, incredibly talented, and their different styles compliment rather than compete with each other. Jeni's encaustic art is an expression of the natural world as it relates...
By: The Balance Design Team Consider this your official invitation to our spring/summer open house! On Friday May 17th from 7pm - 9pm, we'll unveil our two new featured artists: Jeni Stallings-Scialabba and Courtney Khail. The use of modernized pastel hues in Jeni's ethereal encaustic figures...
By: Danielle Clockel "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper is one of the most recognizable American paintings, arguably due to its strong color blocking and mysterious subjects (the people inside the restaurant). We love Hopper's focus on architecture and interior details, such as the jade green tile snaking...